Greetings all, My apologies for barging in to the middle of a serious dicsussion about an actual draft ARIN proposal, just to ask a naive question, but I really did want to get some help understanding this. And as long as it is being discussed anyway...
I only watch the traffic on this mailing list out of the corner of one eye, while I'm actually working on other, and mostly unrelated things, but I do believe that I've seen more than one reference here recently to some purported/alleged requirement that each allocation of ARIN IPv4 space that is sub-assigned to a given customer is supposedly required to have its own "SWIP" which I assume means that it must also get its own record in the ARIN data base, yes? If true, this comes as a big shock and surprise to me, and I'd appreciate someone giving me the exact citation for this rule, so that I can properly cite it to others. Anyway, assuming that such a rule does exist, it would seem to be, as the old saying goes, a rule which is "more honored in the breach than in the observance". I -daily- see cases where sub-parts of some IPv4 allocation that was made to some provider have quite clearly been given over to this spammer or to that spammer, and I am likewise daily frustrated at not being able to gather more information, e.g. from ARIN WHOIS, or even, in general, from Rwhois services, about the identities of these spammers. So, my final question: Assuming that such a "rule" does exist, i.e. one requiring sub-allocations of /29 or larger to be documented in the ARIN WHOIS data base, then what exactly is the penality for a provider who does not adhere to this rule? Are they sent to bed without dessert? Thank you all for your indulgence of my naive questions. Regards, rfg _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
